Grain feeding device



Jan. 24, 1933.

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INVENTOR: Jab/7 5.751194 ATTORNEY.

-Jan.24, 1933. J. s. TOUGH GRAIN FEEDING DEVICE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 11, 1952 iqm l INVENTOR: John 5. Eug/z ATTORNEY.

Patented Jan. 24, 1933 'umrsofsrarss Jorm sLoAN monomer KANSAS crrY, MISSOURI GRAIN rEEnING nnvicn Application filed May 11, 1932. Serial No. 610,578.

- The present invention relates to stock feed ing apparatus, and particularly to equipment employed in feeding live stock wh le in transit, on being shipped'fro'm one point to :5 another.

Accordingly the primary object of the invention is to devise eliicient means whereby measured quantities of stock feed may be con-' veniently and quickly distributed to the cars containing the stock, thus enabling the'stock to be properly fed without-removing'it from the car.

It is also an object to provide an apparatus by the operation of which both decks 2115 of double-deck stock cars may be quickly serviced,.and in a manner. which will prevent waste by the proper distribution of thejfeed upon the floors of the stock compartments In carrying the invention into practice,

suitable feed. measuring pp is vided and equipped with suitable air-pressure means adapted to produce a flow of'the feed material (such as shelled corn and the like) through flexible hose, the discharge ends of 2 2 Whichare i d ithimproved nozzle d vices for effecting the required discharge and distribution of the feed'within the cars.

WVith the foregoing general obgects 1n view,

r the invention will now be described by reference tothe accompanying drawings illustrating one form of apparatus which has been devised for accomplishing these purposes, after which those features and combinations deemed to, be novel will be particularly set forth and claimed. f

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a sectional perspective v ew 11- lustrating an apparatus constructed in ac- C ;40 cordance with this invention;

. Figure 2 is a sectional elevation of. the feed measuring means, on a larger scale; 7 V

Figure3 is a horizontal sectional view, representing a section taken on the line 3 3 of I 45 Figure 2, with thedottedlinesrepresenting one of the valves or cutoifs in open position;

Figure 4 isja vertical sectional view of-one of the hoppers for receiving the feed from the measuring apparatus and subjecting the same to the compressed-air feeding action;

Figure 5 is a plan view of one of thedischarge nozzles, partly broken away; and

1 Figure 6 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 6-6 of Figure 5. p

Refe'rringnow to the drawingsoin detail, and primarily to Figure 1, this shows a feed servicing station comprising a suitable building 10 provided with a track platform 11 alongside the track 12 traversed by the stock cars 13 in the servicing operation. The builds.

ing 10 contains a storage bin 14 for the stock feed material, such as shelled corn or the like, which is to be dispensed and fed to the stock in accordance with givenfeeding regulations, requiring specified quantities to be apportioned to the several cars of a train.

Accordingly measuring means is provided as shown in *igure 2'in the form of. a bin structure 15 comprising several measuring compartments of different sizes, as for eX- ample a lower half-bushel compartment 16, and an upper one-and-a-half bushel com- 'partment 17 shown as of flaring cross section suitable for a space having limited vertical clearance. Communication between thecom f I partments 16 and 17, as well as the intake and discharge from said compartments, respectively, is controlled by means. of suitable valves or cutofli devices in the form of shutter members 18 operating in horizontal slot openings 19 provided with flanges or ledges 20 forming supporting rests or seats for the shutters, which are pivoted upon vertical pins 21 and provided with operating handles 22. Thus the shutter members perform the cutoif function by an approximately shearing stroke across the bin passage inthe planes of said openings 19, and by appropriate operation the feed can be measured in quantities equal toone-half bushel, one-and-one-half, or two bushels as desired. V I 1 i Y The lower compartment 16 discharges into a swivel spout 24formedwith" a support-' ing flange 25 rotatively mounted upon a ring 1 26 (see Figure 2) secured to the lower end or mouth of the measuring bin 15. This spout is provided with a handle 23 which permits it to beturned for discharging the feed into either oftwo discharge hoppers 27 supported side by side upon the floor 28,0f the building (see Figure 1).

Each of the hoppers 27 is provided with a bottom extension 30 of substantially cylin- 'drical form, at one side of which is provided a compressed air intake opening 31, and directlyopposite each opening3l is provided a considerably larger feed discharge open,-

ing 32, as clearly illustrated in Figure 4, which also shows an injector pipe section 33 projecting from opening-31 practically entirely across the extension 30. v e

These openings are suitably threaded for pipe connections, which in the case of openings 31 are compressed air supply pipes 34 communicating with a tank or reservoir 35 (which maybe located beneath the floor 28% connected by a pipe 136 with a compressor3 actuated by a suitable-motor 38, as shownin Figure 1; Each of the branches of the pipe 34 communicating with the hoppers 27 is provided with acontrol valve 39. v

drical-form at one end 44, which connects with the hose 42, while the middle portion 45 of the casing is of combined flaring and tapered design (that is, flaring as seen in plan Figure 5. I 4 I From the foregoing it will be apparent that view in Figure 5, and tapering when viewed edgewise or in elevation, in Figure 6), tere minating in a flat and square nozzle end or tip 46. adapted to permit insertion through the openings 47 between the slats or side railsv 48 of the. car. This nozzle tip is formed with an upturned internal baflie 49 for deflecting the feed toward a downturned exterior baffle or lip 50, the function of which is to deflect the feed discharge downwardly or towards the floor of the car. The provision of two discharge nozzles ena-bles, two workmen to be employed for simultaneously servicing both the upper and lower stock compartments of a double-deck car, as Where an upper deck 51 is provided transporting the: smaller sizes of stock, the platform 11 having an auxiliary platform 52 for enabling one of the attendants to service thiseupper deck.

Each nozzle'moreover is provided with a suitable cutofl, such as a butterfly valve 53 in its cylindrical portion 44, and an operating handle 54 which, for'convenience, is. arranged to be's wung in thedirection of the discharge tip for opening the same, as illustrated in a practical. and efficient construction is provided for carrylng out the variousdesired; ob-

cutoffs or shutter members 18, the required amount of feed ismeasured in the bin structure 15, and then discharged into the hoppers 27, both being supplied in this manner in the case of a double-deck stock car transporting stock iniboth of its compartments. An op- 15 erative ressure being maintained in the storage reservoir 35, the valves 39 are opened and the attendants prepare to manipulate the discharge nozzles by thrusting their fiat tips through theopenin'gs 47 in the sides of-the 0 r-,- these being nsert d. vthr ugh sa op ings with th flange/lips 50 poin ing-do nward for in th d r t n of heoarfloon. On opening th valves 3 by op ra i n of the handles 54 forward or toward the discharge ends ofthc noz loo, th foo isc arg d forcibly ina flat stream, under the air presur del v r d-f mth ank 5-1 n ase ope tors more the n les; alongftho ope s 4 thispflow f the foo lin flat he t m i e nly nd un orm y istri ed over the whole floor area of the stock com partment. It will be seen that Wifihvthe improved form of nozzle, with the internal and external lips 49 and 50. cooperating to E preserve a sheetlike form-of feed stream, and the external lip directing this'flow downr y,an.o fioion is ibu on o the e d results with no, waste of it being permitted,

such as might otherwise occur toa. consider- 1 able extent due to the feed being shot clear across the car and out through the openings 4'1 on the opposite side thereof. I 1 One important: feature of advantage which characterizes the improved apparatus isthe m5 fact that it enables a train tovbeserviced while still in continuous movement past the feeding station, as distinguished from any previous method requiringv an extra, separate.

track over whi h theservicing equipmentis 10 obliged to. be drawn and intermittently stopped at the-several cars of the train. The present system requires no extra trackageand the apparatusirema i ns permanently. in one position, past which the stock train needs EH5 only to be drawn at a suflici'e'ntly slow speed to permit operation of the servicing equipment for delivering thepro'per amount of feed to each carofthe train.

The improved apparatus notonlyhigh- 320 1y 'efiicient and economical, and convenient and rapid in its operation, but also; ofia construction whichis simple and inexpensive in its design as wel l -as'easy and inexpensive to maintain, withflpractically nothing of; a 325 nature which is likely to, get out of order; While I have. illustrated and described What I now regard as the; preferredform of embodiment 'of. the. improvements, I; desire :to

be understood; asreserving the light to make 30 whatever changes or modifications may fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

1. A nozzle device for discharging feed into stock cars as driven through the nozzle under air pressure, said device comprisng a casing flaring towards its discharge end and having a flat tip or discharge end formed with an internal bafile projecting upward in the direction of the mouth of the nozzle, and also having an external lip projecting downward over the mouth of the nozzle.

2. A nozzle device for discharging feed into stock cars as driven through the nozzle under air pressure, said device comprising a casing having a cylindrical end portion provided with a controlling valve and a body portion flaring towards the discharge end of the nozzle and formed with a flat and relatively wide tip for insertion within the slot openings between the side rails of the car and terminating in a flange or lip projecting downward over the mouth of the nozzle and also having a baflle element inside said flat tip portion of the nozzle.

3. A nozzle device for discharging feed into stock cars as driven through the nozzle under air pressure, said device comprising a casing flaring towards its discharge end and provided with an external lip projecting downward over the mouth of the nozzle, and

" interior bafiie means within said casing for exerting a deflecting action in a direction opposite to that of said external lip.

In witness whereof I hereunto affix my signature. 7

JOHN SLOAN TOUGH. 

